Body-type
| This subject of this article goes by multiple names that apply to other articles as well. See Redeco, Character model. |
A body-type[1] or model[2] is the basic design of a Transformer's chassis. The design can be shared with other Transformers, either with or without individualizing customizations.
In some universes, upgrading or refitting a Transformer from one body-type to another can be a lucrative black market business. Individual body-types have identifying model numbers. For example, Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, and Bug Bite have all, in one Primax Cluster universe or another, inhabited a "C1186-P0019" of various colors. That model is reportedly popular with scouts.
Other universes also use numbers to identify body types. For instance, Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, Wasp and many others are all body type 65356-9292-346.[3]
Body-types are particularly common in the Transformers toy lines where redecos are marketed as separate characters.[4] This article puts its focus on body-types with relevance in fiction and other outstanding qualities. Because otherwise, this list could go on forever.
Outstanding examples
Generation 1
"Seeker" body-type
"Battlecharger" body-type
"G1 Sideswipe" body-type
Beast Era
Maximal Command Security Force body-type
- 9K
- "Cheetor" (former cadet)
- Getout
- High Beam
- Nitrostreak
- Overshoot
- Shatterpoint
- Stopgap
- Switchblade (BW)
- Unit 2/"Tigatron"
Animated
- "AlbinoBumbleBee"
- Bumblebee (Animated)
- Bumblebee (SG Animated)
- Bumper (Animated)
- Carrera (Animated)
- Chase (Animated)
- Cliffjumper (Animated)
- Freeway (Animated)
- Furão
- Glyph (Animated)
- Hubcap (Animated)
- Moscardo
- Rapier
- Searchlight (Animated)
- Sedan (Animated)
- Siren (Animated)
- Tap-Out (Animated)
- Volks (Animated)
- Wasp
Live-action movies
In the live-action movies we see multiple Transformers sharing the same body-type:
"Long Haul" body-type
"Bonecrusher" body-type
"Scrapper" body type
"Crankcase" body-type
"Crowbar" body-type
"Jetfire" body-type
"Blackout" body-type
"Sideways" body-type
"Brawl" body-type
"Scalpel" body-type
Body-type versions shared across universal streams
"Arcee" body-type
- Arcee (Animated)
- Arcee (Energon)
- Arcee (SG Animated)
- Chromia (Animated)
- Drag Strip (Animated)
- Flamewar (G1)
- Nightbeat (Animated)
- Nightbeat (SG Animated)
- Minerva (Animated)
- Sunstreaker (Animated) (in certain timelines)
Uniend cluster
"Optimus Prime" body-type
Malgus cluster
Primax cluster
Uniend cluster
- Hunter Nemesis Prime
- Nemesis Prime (Adventure)
- Nemesis Prime (Prime)
- Optimus Prime (WFC)
- Ultra Magnus (WFC)
Footnotes
- ↑ Term yanked from "Withered Hope", as is the information from the rest of the introductory paragraphs.
- ↑ Term used in "Autoboot Camp" and "This Is Why I Hate Machines".
- ↑ As shown in The AllSpark Almanac II.
- ↑ This only applies to different-character toys based on the same sculpt that exist in the same universe. Redeco characters released under a line that places the new character in a different universe than other iterations of the sculpt are arguably cosmic coincidences.
